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Those irritating journalists

“What the hell are these more eminent members of my trade doing at the daily Covid-19 briefings? Their 20/20 hindsight and demands for 20/20 forsight from politicians and scientists are appalling.

What a bunch of clever-dick backseat drivers! They seem to think their ramblings are deep insights. I tend to stride out of the living room in a muttering rage after a few minutes. Then I look in the hall mirror.” – Peter Bill writing in Property Week

Swap car parks for 80,000 homes

Parked cars take up two per cent of space in London – land worth £172m, on which much needed homes could be built. A report launched at the World Car Free Day London Summit revealed that privately owned parked cars occupy 3,195 hectares on drives or in the street.

In a ranking of the 10 biggest European cities London came fourth behind Paris, Madrid and Vienna for space taken up by parked cars. Across all 10 cities the total real estate taken up was valued at £1 trillion. – Times report

Just build less The lowest carbon building is one that doesn't need to be built. David Ness a professor at the University of South Australia writing in the Architects Journal

The Tide Line – an evocative landscape designed by Ludwig Willis Architects with Structure Workshop and Howard Miller Landscape and Design – has been revealed as the winning concept in the London Festival of Architecture and Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust’s ‘Reimagining Butler’s Wharf’ competition. The competition is a key stage towards the long-term transformation of Butler’s Wharf, Shad Thames – one of London’s most popular riverside spaces. The LFA and Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust invited architects, landscape architects, designers and artists to consider how to unlock the site’s waterfront potential as an imaginative and engaging space for all, bringing visitors, Londoners and the local community back together on this historic jetty.

Streetspace for London

As an emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic it was necessary for TfL to introduce measures as quickly as possible to help people walk, cycle and safely social-distance. Consultations can take several months to prepare, run and analyse, and there simply isn’t the scope for TfL to consult local people on the temporary measures being introduced. TfL say: ‘We do however want to know about your experiences of the schemes we are introducing.’

The best way to tell them about your experiences is by completing the feedback form - to do so follow this link: https://consultations. tfl.gov.uk/general/streetspace-for-london/ n